Irish
Why did the majority of Irish immigrate to Boston in the 1800's
Potato famine, poverty
Why did the Italians emigrate to Boston?
Poverty, taxes, natural disasters
What decade did Jews from Eastern Europe and Russia begin moving to Boston?
1880's
Were the Chinese who emigrated to Boston in the 1800's "pushed" or "pulled" to Boston?
Pulled. They came for work.
Boston is approaching it's 400th anniversary as a city, in what year was Boston established?
1630
Where did the Irish initially settle in Boston?
North End, Charlestown, South Boston
Where did the Italian immigrants to Boston settle?
North End, East Boston
This town was known in the 1930's as the "Jerusalem of America"
Chelsea
What was the religion of the majority of Syrians, Lebanese and other Arabs who came to Boston in the 1800's?
Christianity
What was the native American name for Boston?
Shawmut
When did the majority of Irish come to Boston?
(During the potato famine 1846 - 1852)
What kind of work did Italian immigrants do in Boston?
Day laborers, fruit sellers, dockworkers
What street running from Roxbury to Mattapan was known for having a lot of Jewish residents?
Blue Hill Avenue
Where in China did many of the earliest Chinese immigrants to Boston come from?
Guangdong Province
Of all the landfills that created land for Boston, what was the largest one called?
Back Bay Landfill
What kind of work did the Irish immigrants do in Boston?
Unskilled Labor, teamsters, domestic servants, Dockworkers
Italian men who came to America for work, and then, would return to Italy, were known as_______
Birds of Passage
Would you describe the reasons Jews Move to Boston as a "push" or a "pull"?
Push
What year was the Chinese Exclusion Act?
1882
The strip of land that connected the peninsula of Boston to the mainland (Roxbury) was known as_________?
Boston Neck
Were the Irish "pushed" or "pulled" to emigrate to Boston?
Pushed
The eruption of two volcanos in Italy helped push Italians to migrate to Boston, what were the names of the volcanos?
Mount Vesuvius and Mount Etna
Ashkenazi Jews are Jews from Europe. Where are Sephardic Jews from?
The Middle East and North Africa
The area once known as "Syriatown" in Boston is now called what?
Chinatown
What were the names of the three mountains that used to exist in Boston at the time of European settlement?
Trimont, Fort Hill, Copps Hill